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. >>> now look at our top stories in syria. huge crowds turning out in protests across the country again today and the death toll has grown. an activists network reports 13 people died in clashes with security forces. the united nations says more than 5,000 syrians have died since mid-march. two opposition groups have reached a plan for democracy in case syria's president steps down. it was announced today that kim jong-un has assumed the role as commander. a change in leadership will not mean a change in policy: >>> a magnitude 4.0 earthquake has rattled youngstown. this area has been a center of controversy, cracking, getting natural rock out of shale rock. critics worry it could cause earthquakes and other damage. >>> the largest phone provider, verizon, is scrapping the $2 fee for customers to make one-time bill payments. this sparked outrage from the customers having to pay a fee to pay their bill. >>> as we close in on the iowa caucus, mitt romney is clearing as the leader they have just two more days to convince iowans t
. >>> now look at our top stories in syria. huge crowds turning out in protests across the country again today and the death toll has grown. an activists network reports 13 people died in clashes with security forces. the united nations says more than 5,000 syrians have died since mid-march. two opposition groups have reached a plan for democracy in case syria's president steps down. it was announced today that kim jong-un has assumed the role as commander. a change in leadership will...
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bring our troops home, but on the other side, there is iran, and there are the other issues going on in syria, and we leave a very volatile middle east and i'm not sure that leaving iraq at this point in time is really the best move from a strategic standpoint it will play well but as far as strategy it could be a different story. >>jonathan: but the decision has been made and the u.s. flags that flew have been brought down and boxed up. it is on its way back. the two remains u.s. bases will be dismantled and the last the 4,000 remaining u.s. troops in iraq will be out of the country by new year's eve. >>shepard: home for the holidays. that is great news. jonathan will chat away at foxnews.com/shep. you know what to do, but some you have not done this. >>jonathan: millions of people and there are dozens of them chatting. where are the millions? >>shepard: what in the world are you doing? >>jonathan: what could be more fun than chatting to me. >>shepard: foxnews.com/shep and you click on the sunglasses guy and he pops out of your computer and he will entertain you, play with the dog dance with
bring our troops home, but on the other side, there is iran, and there are the other issues going on in syria, and we leave a very volatile middle east and i'm not sure that leaving iraq at this point in time is really the best move from a strategic standpoint it will play well but as far as strategy it could be a different story. >>jonathan: but the decision has been made and the u.s. flags that flew have been brought down and boxed up. it is on its way back. the two remains u.s. bases...
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syria's kept international journalists out of that country. our correspondent is monitoring develops. thousands of demonstrators did take to the streets today. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, drew, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of homs today. we saw a video live streaming out of there earlier today and corroborated by opposition activists telling us. they were out today because they said they weren't going to face any violence because the arab league monitors arrived there and they saw the tanks withdrawn from the cities they were in before. they came out, demonstrated. they called on help from the international community and also called for an end to the regime. we should also add that in the past couple of hours we are getting reports of residents in homs, in fact, the scene of two different protests, one where they were gathered and another in the other part of the city, they did start firing teargas and bullets at people assembled there so we're now hearing reports of violence. it is a worrying development and re
syria's kept international journalists out of that country. our correspondent is monitoring develops. thousands of demonstrators did take to the streets today. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, drew, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of homs today. we saw a video live streaming out of there earlier today and corroborated by opposition activists telling us. they were out today because they said they weren't going to face any violence because the arab league monitors...
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. >>> inside syria, cbs gets an exclusive look at the uprising in the regime. >>> and not too hot, not too cold, astronomers find an earth-like planet not too far away. this is "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 6th, this is "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 6th, 011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. and thanks for joining us. we begin with the republican politics and the surging popularity of newt gingerich. he is now leading hits gop rival necessary most polls and says he'll challenge president obama in every state. republican caucus goers in iowa think gingerich has the best chance of defeating the president according to a new cbs news/"new york times" poll out this morning. gingerich campaigned here in new york yesterday and dean reynolds has the details. >> reporter: to those surprised by newt gingerich's rapid rise in the gop field, you can apparently add donald trump. >> it's amazing how will he's doing and how it's resinated with people. >> reporter: surging in the polls, gingerich used his time in new york to meet with trump, who he called a g
. >>> inside syria, cbs gets an exclusive look at the uprising in the regime. >>> and not too hot, not too cold, astronomers find an earth-like planet not too far away. this is "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 6th, this is "cbs morning news" for tuesday, december 6th, 011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. and thanks for joining us. we begin with the republican politics and the surging popularity of newt gingerich. he is...
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look at the geography of syria. i think these things work to the advantage of the regime. >> to you see it then just devolving into civil war? >> well, i don't know what we name it. sometimes the famous question of shakespeare, what's in a name. there is already a civil war in syria. there is a fight between the regime and the people. there is also -- we can't really dodge this. there is the sectarian fault line between a principally sunni opposition and a minority regime. and i think for the syrian people we can say one thing here as americans, there is no taste in this country, there is no ground swell for intervention in syria. president obama, the biggest applause line he's going to get in charlotte, north carolina, when he's renominated, is that he ended the iraq war. he is not going to go into another campaign, so in fact when you look at the libyans, it was a solar lunar eclipse. they were lucky. sarkozy worked for them and they were delivered. >> thanks for being on. let us know what you think. we're on face
look at the geography of syria. i think these things work to the advantage of the regime. >> to you see it then just devolving into civil war? >> well, i don't know what we name it. sometimes the famous question of shakespeare, what's in a name. there is already a civil war in syria. there is a fight between the regime and the people. there is also -- we can't really dodge this. there is the sectarian fault line between a principally sunni opposition and a minority regime. and i...
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in syria yesterday, opponent of president assad were in the streets as they have been in the last month. since the uprising began, it's estimated 4,000 civilians have been killed. the syrian government does its best to keep the crackdown under wraps. but cbs managed to sneak a camera across the border to the file this exclusive report. >> if you will come, you will see real bodies. they are not stone, they have not toys, they are real bodies. >> they want international military support. and they say they will not give up their protests until president assad's regime falls. a military helicopter circled overhead, but the chanting only grew stronger. we are pauseful and they are shooting us, they shouted. we want freedom. there's a special graveyard for protests that have been gunned down in duma. there are 60 graves. a man just handed me this photograph of a family member of his that was killed. he was only 13 years old. the u.n. estimated in early november that at least 4,000 people have been killed. activists tell us the number is much higher. these protesters had rarely seen reporters
in syria yesterday, opponent of president assad were in the streets as they have been in the last month. since the uprising began, it's estimated 4,000 civilians have been killed. the syrian government does its best to keep the crackdown under wraps. but cbs managed to sneak a camera across the border to the file this exclusive report. >> if you will come, you will see real bodies. they are not stone, they have not toys, they are real bodies. >> they want international military...
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activists on the ground in syria are very, very concern. they believe that if something isn't done soon to stop this, that a genocide could occur. >> you've said that we can't verify these videos, but they seem pretty legitimate to us, otherwise we wouldn't be putting them on the air. 5,000 people dead since march, according to the u.n. and now the arab league observers are going to go in there. my question is, for a lot of us who don't understand the region, what will these observers be able to do? are they just going to be led around by the nose by the government showing them what they can and cannot see, and will they be able to stop any of this violence? >> reporter: drew, that's the key question. the protocol signed between the arab league and the syrian government stipulated that these monitors would be able to go in, that the syrian government would end the violence, that the military would be withdrawn from cities and towns and that detainees would be released. right now many people in syria are asking how effective the arab league
activists on the ground in syria are very, very concern. they believe that if something isn't done soon to stop this, that a genocide could occur. >> you've said that we can't verify these videos, but they seem pretty legitimate to us, otherwise we wouldn't be putting them on the air. 5,000 people dead since march, according to the u.n. and now the arab league observers are going to go in there. my question is, for a lot of us who don't understand the region, what will these observers be...
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or in some cases get into syria at different points of the year. you make the point, to move around in syria you'll need the government minders and what access will they get to truly see what's going on on the ground. >> reporter: absolutely. one member of the advance arab league team that spoke to cnn earlier said they would be going around in syria with syrian security because the syrian government insisted the syrian forces would need to provide them security. so that, again, begs the question, if syrian security is with them, are they going to be taken to the real flash point parts of these towns, of these provinces? we've heard these horrific tales the past few days in cities like homs, in neighborhoods where we're told a massacre is happening. the more activists we speak to, the more we hear words like carnage, continued blood bath. the question is how much can these people do, how effective will they be? we'll only be able to tell in the days and weeks to come. >> mohammed jamjoom, thank you. >>> now this. >> it's a special place because of
or in some cases get into syria at different points of the year. you make the point, to move around in syria you'll need the government minders and what access will they get to truly see what's going on on the ground. >> reporter: absolutely. one member of the advance arab league team that spoke to cnn earlier said they would be going around in syria with syrian security because the syrian government insisted the syrian forces would need to provide them security. so that, again, begs the...
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. >>> and city under siege in syria. a bloody christmas sunday as arab league observers go in and try to end the deadly crackdown. >>> and it's like christmas part two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. >> did you get back from toronto okay? >> i did. boxing day. >> like the black friday of canada. >> right. good shopping. a lot of news right now. >> right. eight days to go m s ts to go ba caucuses, paul steinhauser is live with us in des moines, iowa this morning. hi, paul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. quiet over the weekend. things pick up today and one week to go until the iowa caucuses. the first contest in the primary caucus calendar. this is a poll that came out friday afternoon. the most recent poll here. people are likely to go to the iowa gop caucuses. three-way traffic jam at the top. ron paul at 21%. mitt romney, former massachusetts governor, 20%. newt gingri
. >>> and city under siege in syria. a bloody christmas sunday as arab league observers go in and try to end the deadly crackdown. >>> and it's like christmas part two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. >> did you get back from toronto okay? >> i did. boxing day. >> like the black friday of canada. >>...
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. >>> now to syria where the main opposition group is accusing president al assad's regime of committing brutal massacres this week. 250 people have been killed in a 48-hour period. we're following the story from abu dhabi. what is the international community doing in response to this violence? >> erin, the head of the arab league asked the syrian regime to stop violence immediately and facilitate the mission of the observers expected to visit syria within days. on the other hand, france said that the violence in syria is alarming and said that the government should end this murderous spiral. into which assad is dragging his people. the opposition has called the u.n. secure council to meet immediately and find ways to protect civilians. erin? >> thank you. now a girl in mairn vanishes and police expanded their search for her. ayla reynolds disappeared friday. he was last seen wearing green pajamas with white polka dots and had a cast on her arm from a recent fall. chris is covering the story from waterville, maine. 165 leads have come insofar. where have they focuses their efforts today?
. >>> now to syria where the main opposition group is accusing president al assad's regime of committing brutal massacres this week. 250 people have been killed in a 48-hour period. we're following the story from abu dhabi. what is the international community doing in response to this violence? >> erin, the head of the arab league asked the syrian regime to stop violence immediately and facilitate the mission of the observers expected to visit syria within days. on the other...
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well, there's been more bloodshed in syria and sadly that's nothing new. but what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league now on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that syria's president al assad is keeping his promises to remove military forces from streets, to stop violence against protesters. they've been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, he's also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team in syria, general al dhabi, told reuters that "things were calm and there were no clashes in homs, " which has for months seen some of the deadliest violence." he went on to say, "the situation seems reas
well, there's been more bloodshed in syria and sadly that's nothing new. but what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league now on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that syria's president al assad is keeping his promises to remove military forces from streets, to stop violence against protesters. they've been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese...
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and that's very unusual in syria. >> yeah. and there's a lot of suspicion from the opposition camp that this was something staged by the regime itself. they point to the fact that the regime hasn't released the names of all the victims, and they blamed al qaeda within 10 minutes of the bombing. you know, i think this is certainly something that the regime is capable of, but there's no evidence that it did so itself. >> all right. and it's going to be france asking for these observers in homs today, not tomorrow. we'll see how it plays out. always appreciate your analysis. >> thank you, hala. >>> a group of south korean citizens are now in north korea. they passed through the did i militaryized zone to pay their respects to kim jong il. a former first lady is leading that group. her husband won a nobel prize for trying to bring peace to the two koreas. the civilian trip did get the go-ahead from seoul, but there's no official cell gagz. -- delegation. >>> back here in the united states, eight days and counting. with the iowa ca
and that's very unusual in syria. >> yeah. and there's a lot of suspicion from the opposition camp that this was something staged by the regime itself. they point to the fact that the regime hasn't released the names of all the victims, and they blamed al qaeda within 10 minutes of the bombing. you know, i think this is certainly something that the regime is capable of, but there's no evidence that it did so itself. >> all right. and it's going to be france asking for these...
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so syria plays a key role for iran. any action we might take will certainly be met with an opposite reaction from iran. and iran at the current time is almost assuredly involved in syria trying to protect the status quo. >> all right, on health care, it's ground that's been plowed a lot with you, i understand that. do you still believe in the idea of a mandate as a conservative idea? one of the defenses you've made of this is saying, hey, this was a conservative idea in 1993, that the heritage foundation and then speaker newt gingrich -- or actually he was not yet speaker, were touting as a conservative alternative to what then the clinton administration. do you still believe a mandate is a conservative idea, the idea of the personal responsibility aspect? >> we, there were two options in my state. one was to continue to allow people without insurance to go to the hospital and get free care paid for by government, paid for by the taxpayers. and so that is a government-dominated, government-provided free service. the alt
so syria plays a key role for iran. any action we might take will certainly be met with an opposite reaction from iran. and iran at the current time is almost assuredly involved in syria trying to protect the status quo. >> all right, on health care, it's ground that's been plowed a lot with you, i understand that. do you still believe in the idea of a mandate as a conservative idea? one of the defenses you've made of this is saying, hey, this was a conservative idea in 1993, that the...
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foreign policy advisor to a number of american presidents says using gingrich's reasoning, jordan, syria and iraq are all invented people and have no right to statehood. >> i think elliott abrams wins the argument. it was a provocative way to put it and reflects one of gingrich's weaknesses is he tends to overintellectualize things and tries to put a historical gloss on everything so goes back to the ottoman empire and forgets the fact we are in a delicate diplomacy with israel and the palestinians and to project them and suggest -- provoke them and suggest they don't have right to any kind of a state. he put it last night in the continued attacks onial on the terror and that is a much better way to construct the argument. >> chris: , liz, do you agree with that. >> with what paul said. the challenge here is you don't want the attention focused on a sound bite from the candidates. you want it focused on the fact that president obama has the worst relationship with the state of israel than any president has had in a long time. iran by some accounts six to eight months from obtaining a nuc
foreign policy advisor to a number of american presidents says using gingrich's reasoning, jordan, syria and iraq are all invented people and have no right to statehood. >> i think elliott abrams wins the argument. it was a provocative way to put it and reflects one of gingrich's weaknesses is he tends to overintellectualize things and tries to put a historical gloss on everything so goes back to the ottoman empire and forgets the fact we are in a delicate diplomacy with israel and the...
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. >> in world headlines, arab league monitors are scheduled to arrive later tonight in syria where at least 20 more deaths were reported today. activists say at least 275 civilians have been killed by government forces in the last week. >>> the obama administration is considering whether to allow yemen's outgoing president to come to the u.s. for medical treatment. he was injured in an attack on his compound in june. the last month he agreed to hand over power to his vice president in exchange for immunity. >>> iran says it wander off a foreign helicopter that came too close to naval drills over the weekend. war games are anything but fun and games for saudi arabia. correspondent david miller tells us leaders are very worried about the islamic republic. >> iranian war games underway the straight of hormuz are fueling tensions. the saber rattling could lead to a nuclear arms race. saudi arabia's u.s. ambassador warned earlier this month that the kingdom might pursue nuclear weapons to protect itself from longtime adversaries iran and israel, yet it's iran's push for a nuclear arsenal t
. >> in world headlines, arab league monitors are scheduled to arrive later tonight in syria where at least 20 more deaths were reported today. activists say at least 275 civilians have been killed by government forces in the last week. >>> the obama administration is considering whether to allow yemen's outgoing president to come to the u.s. for medical treatment. he was injured in an attack on his compound in june. the last month he agreed to hand over power to his vice...
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human rights group and killing continues in syria and the turkish government bombed the kurds in northern turkey and libya is trying to form a government without any help from the united states. admittedly our options are limited. why are they limited? the arab spring started last january and at least 11 nations erupted defense existing dictatorships and the united states reaction, we don't know what to do because we don't know who the people are because we aren't engaged with those people. >> paul: for tareen or in part because of that reason and part because of the reluctance of the obama administration to lead in the world and like to lead from behind as one of the advisors famously told the new yorker, they played a pretty passive role here and i think-- >> i think they've done that as a matter of policy and they do not want to lead they want to engage with other multi-lateral institutions, i think what you're seeing in the middle east is a microcosm of what the world looks like when the world's leading power disengages itself. it begins to spin out of control on its own and this is l
human rights group and killing continues in syria and the turkish government bombed the kurds in northern turkey and libya is trying to form a government without any help from the united states. admittedly our options are limited. why are they limited? the arab spring started last january and at least 11 nations erupted defense existing dictatorships and the united states reaction, we don't know what to do because we don't know who the people are because we aren't engaged with those people....
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. >> use the facility that the north koreans built in syria. the u.s. didn't have a clue until they dropped photographs. >> you reported that the u.s. officials have have been war gaming this scenario for years. what would happen when he died and what would the transition be? they are putting it into action. what does it mean? >> almost every scenario from north korea collapse that people think of that seems credible start with kim jung il's death. some play out over nears and some over a shored e shorter period. we don't know how long this is going to take. until two years ago, what did the cia know about kim jong un? one picture. that's it. >> you brought it up. >> that is a big concern for china. it's what does real china in and it's one of the leverage points we have. the last thing they want is this flood of starving people. the contrast between north and south in 2006 with bill richardson down to south korea, i have been there and i have flown. i have never done the drive. the contrast with the primitive society. people using hoes and rak
. >> use the facility that the north koreans built in syria. the u.s. didn't have a clue until they dropped photographs. >> you reported that the u.s. officials have have been war gaming this scenario for years. what would happen when he died and what would the transition be? they are putting it into action. what does it mean? >> almost every scenario from north korea collapse that people think of that seems credible start with kim jung il's death. some play out over nears and...
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presence of arab league monitors have not stopped the killing in syria. activists say 26 more people were killed today. tonight, correspondent virtus looks at what is changing -- sport leland vittert looks at what is changing and what isn't in syria. >> the sound of the automatic weapons fire to allow in the arab league observers a ploy to buy time to crush the resistance. thousands risk their live in the street to demand the end of the president's regime. protesters are learning, thoughk, using look out to stop the rooftop snipers. no one is safe in the street. women and children routinely run to dodge bullets. they square off with the soldiers willing to take aim. we don't know how this standoff ended. >> those videotaping are also in danger. one camera man captures soldiers shouting allegiance and then running counterrecharge and firing with no regard. >> activists claim the courses are escorted by the government spies to make it impossible to report atrocities. they want the head monitor replaced. human rights record is in question given a previous po
presence of arab league monitors have not stopped the killing in syria. activists say 26 more people were killed today. tonight, correspondent virtus looks at what is changing -- sport leland vittert looks at what is changing and what isn't in syria. >> the sound of the automatic weapons fire to allow in the arab league observers a ploy to buy time to crush the resistance. thousands risk their live in the street to demand the end of the president's regime. protesters are learning,...
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in syria, a city under siege. tanks rolling through the streets of homs, leveling buildings. gunshots echoing through the streets of homs. that is life in syria, weeks, weeks after syrian dictator bashar al assad promised to end the crackdown. do these videos look like the violence has ended? you will hear from an opposition leader ahead inside the violence, keeping them honest. also tonight in "crime and punishment" what on earth happened to ayla reynolds? her father says he put the 20-month-old in her crib and the next morning she was gone. authorities are searching for clues and tonight they're offering a $30,000 reward to end this mystery. those stories and our continued countdown of the best of the ridiculous at the top of the hour, ali. stay with us. >> we look forward to it, tom. tom foreman for "ac 360" tonight. >>> still "out front," the largest protests in russia in almost two decades. phil black looks at the soviet generation gap. >>> a 9-year-old girl vanishes in fort wayne, indiana. her grandfather joins us out front. and california police arrest a man akwuzed of
in syria, a city under siege. tanks rolling through the streets of homs, leveling buildings. gunshots echoing through the streets of homs. that is life in syria, weeks, weeks after syrian dictator bashar al assad promised to end the crackdown. do these videos look like the violence has ended? you will hear from an opposition leader ahead inside the violence, keeping them honest. also tonight in "crime and punishment" what on earth happened to ayla reynolds? her father says he put the...
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let's speak about syria now. a group of fact finders is now on the ground in syria to see if the government to see if the government has ended its crackdown among protesters. before the group arrived, sources we spoke to say that military forces left their positions and thousands of protesters rallied against the regime once again. just today, an opposition group reports four people kills in homs. 13 throughout the country. mohammed jamjoom is in cairo monitoring developments in sierra. so, these arab monitors, these arab league monitors, made it to homs and other cities. are they still there or have they left? >> we're trying to find out if they've left. ea earlier, we spoke to arab league observers. they said they were there, that had been given unfettered access, they were meeting with demonstrators there, that they were calling on anybody in homs, they wants to speak to them. we saw a video emerging on websites purporting to show members of this delegation inside homs meeting with people. one video purported
let's speak about syria now. a group of fact finders is now on the ground in syria to see if the government to see if the government has ended its crackdown among protesters. before the group arrived, sources we spoke to say that military forces left their positions and thousands of protesters rallied against the regime once again. just today, an opposition group reports four people kills in homs. 13 throughout the country. mohammed jamjoom is in cairo monitoring developments in sierra. so,...
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in syria, a city under siege. tanks rolling through the streets of homs, leveling buildings. >>> new details now in the christmas day deaths of seven family members in grapevine, texas. police say the man they believe opened fire on his relatives before turning the gun on himself was dressed as santa at the time. they also say a divorce could have played a role in the shootings, they're still investigating. the victims had just opened christmas presents. they ranged in age from 15 to 59 years old. >>> a man accused of shooting and paralyzing a soldier at a homecoming party turned himself in to police today in san bernardino, california. ruben ray jurado shot 22-year-old christopher sullivan twice after a physical confrontation broke out. sullivan was a purple heart recipient and was celebrating his return from kentucky where he was recovering from injures sustained from a 2010 suicide bombing attack in afghanistan. his mother is devastated. >> i'm mad. i'm really mad because he's a good boy. he's an excellent boy.
in syria, a city under siege. tanks rolling through the streets of homs, leveling buildings. >>> new details now in the christmas day deaths of seven family members in grapevine, texas. police say the man they believe opened fire on his relatives before turning the gun on himself was dressed as santa at the time. they also say a divorce could have played a role in the shootings, they're still investigating. the victims had just opened christmas presents. they ranged in age from 15 to...
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break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> more violence on the streets of syria. activists say this video posted on youtube shows syrian security forces firing on protesters in a damascus suburb. we can't confirm the authenticity of the video. ash leaders travel through damascus. they tell cnn a permanent team will remain in place. foreign reporters are not allowed into sir yeah one journalist did manage to get inside the flashpoint city of homs. not naming the journalist for his safety, but over the next few days cnn will be showcasing his remarkable stories. here is his first report on snipers targeting anyone who dares to walk in the street. >> reporter: the snipers are on basically every main street. they have checkpoints on both sides. snipers would shoot everybody who was basically crossing this street between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 in the morning. this is an unofficial curfew. the activists told me, i have to meet this woman there. this is the mother of a victim who got shot when she was pregnant in the seventh month. it was during the morning when she wants to
break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> more violence on the streets of syria. activists say this video posted on youtube shows syrian security forces firing on protesters in a damascus suburb. we can't confirm the authenticity of the video. ash leaders travel through damascus. they tell cnn a permanent team will remain in place. foreign reporters are not allowed into sir yeah one journalist did manage to get inside the flashpoint city of homs. not naming the journalist for his...
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take a look at this map where iraq sits right between turkey, syria and iran. all three of those nations have regional ambitions. all will try to exert influence inside iraq. that's why the defense secretary had to acknowledge today the tough road ahead. listen. >> iraq will be tested in the days ahead. by terrorism. by those who would seek to divide. by economic and social issues. by the demands of democracy itself. challenges remain but the united states will be there to stand by the iraqi people. >> no doubt that iraq will need u.s. help in the coming months and years but that help no longer coming in the form of boots on the ground, shep. >> shepard: the president and the defense secretary today trying to make the case we have left that country better than we found it? >> the defense secretary said as much today. the president, you will remember at his speech at fort bragg said the same yesterday that iraq is now more stable than it was. fox news contributor and pulitzer prize winning journalist judy miller has spent more time than most in iraq the past few
take a look at this map where iraq sits right between turkey, syria and iran. all three of those nations have regional ambitions. all will try to exert influence inside iraq. that's why the defense secretary had to acknowledge today the tough road ahead. listen. >> iraq will be tested in the days ahead. by terrorism. by those who would seek to divide. by economic and social issues. by the demands of democracy itself. challenges remain but the united states will be there to stand by the...
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. >>> we begin with syria tonight. for months, we have witnessed the world has witnessed men, women, children, demonstrating the streets. initially they called for reforms. those calls were met with arrests, torture, killing, they began to call for the overthrow of the regime. there has been more bloodshed in syria, and sadly that's nothing new tonight. what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that the president has removed military forces from the streets and is no longer attacking protesters. they've been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league ober force is a sudden and east commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omaral bashir, a man wanted for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team told reuters that things were calm and there were no clash
. >>> we begin with syria tonight. for months, we have witnessed the world has witnessed men, women, children, demonstrating the streets. initially they called for reforms. those calls were met with arrests, torture, killing, they began to call for the overthrow of the regime. there has been more bloodshed in syria, and sadly that's nothing new tonight. what is new tonight is there's a team of observers from the arab league on the ground in syria. observers sent to verify that the...
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these are tertse terrorists aftr syria. it gives a bad start to the monitoring group to ham o happey with a bombing in d dasmascus. >> images and stories haveoccurs in syria with a tremendous loss of life. >> we a massacre in a smallvill. >> between 60 and 0 100 peoplewy surrounded the town and shelled the town. and apparently this was a village that was harbor being army defectors. and that seems to be what sparked the most horrific incident in this ten month old uprising. we have reports of two mass cures. one of a group of men who were defecting from the army. they were on their way to the turkish border and they were surrounded and this vil villagep in the mountainous part of syria near the border. r > we are beginning to seevide. the electricity if i ther the hn off and the phone comowncation has been down. and we did see videos in the last 24 hours bodies laid out in mosques there. men with name tags it looked like notebook paper taped on to their bodies. and the cell phone camera pans across dozens of bodies from thi
these are tertse terrorists aftr syria. it gives a bad start to the monitoring group to ham o happey with a bombing in d dasmascus. >> images and stories haveoccurs in syria with a tremendous loss of life. >> we a massacre in a smallvill. >> between 60 and 0 100 peoplewy surrounded the town and shelled the town. and apparently this was a village that was harbor being army defectors. and that seems to be what sparked the most horrific incident in this ten month old uprising. we...
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. >>> going overseas now and the deadly government crackdown in syria. arab league monitors in the country and visited homs. which has been under siege for weeks. tens of thousands of protesters were in the streets, witnesses say security forces attacked anti-government protest earls. while the monitors were still there. the arab league team is in syria to determine if the government of president assad is upholding a pledge to end the crackdown. groups say protesters were killed yesterday. >>> police in detroit say three of four women found dead in car trunks had been linked to online sex ads, all of the victims in the 20s. police say three of the women had profiles on backpage.com, a website used to buy and sell things, but it also offers adult services. >> we felt that it's imperative to alert the public that deciding to meet unknown persons via the internet can be extremely dangerous. >> police say the deaths could be connected but are stopping short of saying that are linked to a serial killer. >>> we're now finding out the wife of former penn state
. >>> going overseas now and the deadly government crackdown in syria. arab league monitors in the country and visited homs. which has been under siege for weeks. tens of thousands of protesters were in the streets, witnesses say security forces attacked anti-government protest earls. while the monitors were still there. the arab league team is in syria to determine if the government of president assad is upholding a pledge to end the crackdown. groups say protesters were killed...